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Total number of records: 698

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items379
Archives319

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection422
English Literature338
Leeds Russian Archive51
Herbert Read Collection33
Leeds Poetry19
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society3
Liddle Collection3
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
english fiction474
letters307
english poetry290
english drama267
english literature267
fiction in english168
science fiction, english26
librettos16
russian fiction7
fantasy fiction, english7

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England7
Middle East2
Midlands (England)1
Palestine1
Russia (Federation)1
South Africa1
Rome (Italy)1
Kurdistan1
Canada1
Great Britain1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Marryat, Frederick (1792-1848)20
Blavatnik Honresfield Library13
Bronte, Anne (1820-1849)11
Acton Bell11
Billing, J6
Newby, Thomas Cautley6
Aldiss, Brian W (1925-2017)6
Charles Hunt, London6
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von (1749-1832)5
Moorcock, Michael (1939-)5

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From 180087
From 1900584
From 20005

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Up to 189980
Up to 1999569
Up to latest37

Archive Collection

Thomas Blackburn Archive

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1893-1988

The items in this collection relate to Thomas Blackburn's personal life, his career as a poet and his teaching career. Comprises: typescripts, autograph manuscripts and other papers relating to Thoma...

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Francis Berry Archive

Berry, Francis

1931-1994

Literary archive of Francis Berry. The collection is separated into two series: Correspondence and Literary papers. Correspondence files arranged alphabetically by correspondent, following Berry's ...

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John Mackendrick Collection

Mackendrick, John (1946-1979)

1970-1994

The collection includes drafts of plays by Mackendrick, photographs of his productions, newspaper reviews, posters, flyers and correspondence.

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Roy Fuller Archive

Fuller, Roy (1912-1991)

1941-1990

Comprises: (a) 2 boxes (Boxes 1-2) containing Roy Fuller's autograph manuscript notebooks, comprising 25 numbered notebooks of poetry dated 1941-1983, 2 unnumbered notebooks of his reviews of works by...

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Keown (Anna Gordon), literary papers with related material, including some correspondence

Keown, Anna Gordon (1902-)

1934-1959

Comprises: (1) Autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of some of Anna Gordon Keown's literary works, including at least 9 short stories or plays, dated ca. 1948-1955, and held in a red folder; at ...

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Algernon Charles Swinburne manuscripts

Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837-1909)

1851-1999

Comprises a substantial collection of manuscripts (many of them autographs), typed or pencilled transcriptions, and some printed proofs and early editions of literary works by Swinburne, including poe...

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Glyn Hughes, literary papers with related material

Hughes, Glyn

1975-1999

Comprises: (1) 39 autograph manuscript notebooks containing many drafts of Glyn Hughes' poems, research notes for novels, and numerous personal notes, partly dated between ca. 1979 and 1999, with so...

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William Trevor, three literary manuscripts with a postcard

Trevor, William (1928-2016)

c.1973

Comprises: (1) Three autograph typescripts of literary works by Trevor with many manuscript revisions, namely fragments of two plays and one piece of fiction, undated and not identified; and (2) An au...

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Kevin Crossley-Holland Archive

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1946-2011

This collection of the literary papers and correspondence of Kevin Crossley-Holland represents the wide range of his interests and achievements. It covers his own poetry, translations and re-tellings ...

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W.G. Curtis Morgan, literary papers and publications with some letters and personal and financial items

Morgan, W G Curtis

1922-1991

Comprises: (1) 3 boxes of literary papers by Morgan, including (a) Mainly typescript drafts with autograph manuscript revisions of 12 plays, namely, 'The Squire of Darkfield' (4 drafts), 'The Jurado R...

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Drama

1971-2003

This sub-fonds contains material related to dramatic works written by Kevin Crossley-Holland's.

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Editorial work

1965-2016

This sub-fonds contains correspondence, notes, drafts and material related to Kevin Crossley-Holland's editorial work.

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Radio, Television, Film and Recordings

1963-2008

This sub-fonds contains material related to Kevin Crossley-Holland's work in Radio, Television, Film and Recordings.

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Appointments, Workshops and Events

1959-2017

This sub-fonds contains material relating to Kevin Crossley-Holland's appointments, workshops and events.

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Correspondence

1960s-2011

Correspondence kept by Crossley-Holland in files titled 'Letters to Keep'. Correspondence often relates to KCH's work, but covers a wide range of subjects. Files were kept in approximate date order, w...

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Unrealized Work

1956-2010

This sub-fonds contains correspondence, notes, drafts and material related to Kevin Crossley-Holland's unrealised work, that dates from 1956 to 2010.

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Articles and Short pieces

1964-2016

This sub-fonds contains material related to Kevin Crossley-Holland's articles and other shorter works, that includes introductions and forewords.

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Juvenilia

c.1946-1960

This collection contains material from Kevin Crossley-Hollands early years.

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Travel writing

1970-1979

This sub-fonds contains material relating to Crossley-Holland's travel writing: his book 'Pieces of Land' (1972). Contains correspondence, drafts, and research materials.

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Historical writing

1987-2003

This sub-fonds contains material relating to Kevin Crossley-Holland's history writing: 'The Stones Remain: Megalithic Sites of Britain' (1989).

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Memoir

1992-2008

This sub-fonds contains material relating to Kevin Crossley-Holland's memoir writing that includes 'The Hidden Roads: A Memoir of Childhood' (2009) and a short autobiographical memoir written by Cros...

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Mythology

1988-2015

This sub-fonds contains material related to kevin Crossley-Holland's mythological works. Specifically, multiple editions of 'The Norse Myths' originally published in 1980.

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David and Betty Beaty Archive

Beaty, David (1919-1999)

1939-2004

Comprises: (a) 2 boxes of correspondence between David and Betty Beaty and several publishers, friends, and others, mainly concerning their respective publications, dated between 1939 and 1998, inclu...

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William Black, The Penance of John Logan

Black, William (1841-1898)

1887

Manuscript copy, autograph, of his novel "The Penance of John Logan", which was first published in 1889. The novel is written on the recto side of each leaf of the volume in a small, condensed hand in...

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